The first thousand one hundred and thirty-sixth chapters
Returning to Chang'an, Ding Chou (seventh day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Yuande).
The majestic Ba Bridge is full of solemnity.
One after another, soldiers in black armor and red robes, fully armed, stood on both sides of the truth.
They formed a long and huge queue, extending almost from Baqiao to Weiqiao.
Fully 10,000 soldiers stood tall and solemn, with solemn faces, looking at the heroic souls lying in the coffins, being carried back by the soldiers of the three armies.
The wife, who was wrapped in mourning clothes and completely clothed, held her children and sobbed non-stop.
There is an atmosphere of sadness in the air.
The people who were watching were also moved by the scene, and cries could be heard from many places.
In this battle of Gaoque, the Guanzhong fathers sent their best and most outstanding children to the battlefield.
These young soldiers lived up to the expectations of the elders in Guanzhong. They faced the Xiongnu elite who were three times their size, fought bravely, preferred death to retreat, and fought bravely to kill the enemy. They achieved an unprecedented victory in the history of the Han Dynasty, and even in the history of China.
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But the price is also heavy.
The Ba Shang army and the Jimen army were crippled, and at least three thousand Guanzhong disciples were buried forever in the plains of Heyin.
Three thousand families have lost their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers.
The first coffin was carried down Baqiao by Zhidu and the generals of the Han army.
The coffin was covered with a black dragon flag, and a school captain walked in front holding a spiritual tablet.
The Taichang officials holding the spiritual flags sang in a low voice a verse that guides the souls of heroes to return to their hometown. This is the famous "Calling the Soul" by Qu Zi: "The soul comes back and goes to the king's eternal stem; what is the evil in the four directions? To abandon the king's
A happy place! But leaving that unknown evil..."
The Shaofu musicians also played the famous poems Chuche and Nanzhong.
The uplifting music carries a trace of tragedy and sorrow, making you cry and complain.
Following the sound of music, Liu Che stepped off the cart, carrying the Emperor's Sword, and walked to the Lingshu. He looked at the rows of tablets of gods and masters and the coffins, which were loaded on the carriage and contained in enamel urns.
ashes of warriors.
He walked forward slowly and walked to the coffin in front of him. He first looked at Zhidu and the generals who were carrying the coffin, and then stared at the words engraved on the god's tablet in front of the coffin: Han Ba's superior cavalry commander Zhang
The clan is taboo for Wei Gong.
Liu Che was silent for a while, and then suddenly pulled out the symbol of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Gaodi's White Snake Sword, pointed at the coffin, and said: "Zhang Wei, the cavalry commander of the Bashang Army, I order you to be my minister forever, and to guard my bow forever.
Eternal and infinite, your descendants will be yours, and you will be remembered for eternity! I will designate you as the Marquis of Bocheng! I will appoint you as the City God of Maoling, and you will enjoy the blood sacrifices of future generations forever!"
As he spoke, Liu Che's Emperor's Sword lightly touched his coffin, making a crisp sound.
The City God is a kind of priest in traditional Chinese religion.
In ancient times, it was called Shuiyong God. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, it was already a righteous god and enjoyed incense and sacrifices. However, the City God at that time was more like a religious god than a patron saint.
Until Chu and Han fought for hegemony, the situation changed.
In the early stages of the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu held Liu Bang in a fight, especially in the Battle of Pengcheng. Liu Bang almost lost everything, and almost even his own life in Pengcheng.
Liu Bang was able to survive thanks to two people.
One was Zheng's uncle at the time, Ding Gong who was outside Pengcheng and supported Liu Bang in order to support the bandits or for other reasons.
And the other one is Liu Bang's confidant general Ji Xin.
It was Ji Xin who disguised himself as Liu Bang and pretended to leave the city to surrender, giving Liu Bang a precious opportunity to escape.
And Ji Xin’s fate was very miserable...
He was burned alive by Xiang Yu...
Later, when the Han Dynasty was established, Liu Bang missed Ji Xin, so he changed part of Ji Xin's hometown, Langzhong County, to 'Anhan County', and named Ji Xin's son Ji Tong the Marquis of Xiangping.
At the same time, a temple was built for Ji Xin in Shanglin Garden, and sacrifices were held on the eighth day of the second lunar month every year.
By the time of Taizong, the custom of offering sacrifices to Ji Xin had become a tradition.
At the same time, Taizong missed his loyal ministers, so he conferred Ji Xin as the first city god in history to permanently protect the palaces and mountains of Shanglin Garden.
At this point, the priesthood of City God, which influenced the next two thousand years, began to be established, and in the years that followed, it continued to expand to all cities in the world.
By the Ming Dynasty, there was almost no city without a City God God and a City God Temple. Gods such as Judge, Black and White, and Impermanence had also developed.
However, now, there is still only one City God, Ji Xin, and he only protects Shanglin Garden.
But who is Liu Che?
Emperor!
What is the Son of Heaven?
Dai Tian Mu Shou, the son of God, in addition to the God in the world, all cows, ghosts, snakes, gods, immortals, demons and Taoist ancestors will all be ordered by him. All demons, gods and ghosts that do not get his consent and canonization are all obscene sacrifices. If you find out, you will be punished.
destroy!
Naturally, he also has the power to consecrate and canonize a god.
This is also the essential difference between Chinese emperors and Western kings!
The Chinese emperor has been riding on the heads of the gods since ancient times.
Not to mention the pope, he is just an angel descending to earth. When he sees the emperor, he has to kneel down and obey his orders obediently!
Except for God, all gods, demons, immortals and demons will kneel down and lick the emperor.
If anyone dares to be gibbering and disobey the emperor's will, he will be knocked off the throne by the emperor in minutes, and his priesthood and even all sacrifices and dojos will be cut off!
This is one of the most precious legacies left by the ancient kings to future generations of China.
Since Emperor Yao established the link between heaven and earth, it has been decided that China must be a secular country!
At this moment, Liu Che took the Tianxian in his mouth, used the Emperor's Sword, and personally consecrated Zhang Wei as the Marquis of Bocheng and the City God.
Naturally, this order takes effect immediately!
There is no need for permission from God or angels, let alone the approval of the Holy See.
Let this world have an extra city god right away.
Maoling City God Zhang Wei!
"I am waiting for the edict!" The ministers naturally had no objections to this kind of thing. Forget about conferring a city god, it was just a matter of establishing another emperor of heaven. Emperor Liu had done it before, so it was nothing extraordinary!
However, Liu Che continued to move forward and walked to the second coffin. This was the coffin of Wang Feng, the captain of the Thorny Gate Military Academy.
"I order your king to be the lord of Heyin Mountain, to forever vibrate Heyin, and to enjoy blood forever. I will designate the north of Heyin as 'Rong County', and grant you a kingdom, and your son as Ronghou!" Liu Che issued the seal again.
The matter of canonizing gods is the prerogative of the emperor.
It's just that all the emperors in the past dynasties have not been very good at taking advantage of this privilege.
Even Li Shimin only canonized two door gods. As for the Daojun Emperor of the Song Dynasty, he canonized many gods, but he was obsessed with feudal superstition!
But Liu Che knew that the right to become a god was one of the most precious legacies left by his ancestors to future generations.
In ancient times, when the ancestors came out of the wilderness and lit the fire, they were surrounded by poisonous insects and beasts.
In order to protect the people, countless heroes gave their lives.
In order to commemorate these heroes, the ancestors deified them and sublimated them into gods.
Until now, most of the gods in China came from this way.
During the Three Kings and Five Emperors period, the Emperor of China was both the Emperor of Man and the Emperor of Heaven!
This cultural influence has not faded even after three generations.
For example, Xia Zi has always called himself the Sun God.
The Emperor of Shang claimed to be a descendant of Xuannio and the Son of God.
Emperor Zhou simply called himself the Son of Heaven.
Correspondingly, most of the gods are the incarnations of heroes who have made contributions and sacrifices to the common people.
This is true from the land of mountain gods to the heaven and earth of gods.
For example, Jiezitui, the god of Jieshan Mountain whom Liu Che once worshiped, is a typical example of a man who first became a sage and then became a god.
Therefore, Liu Che knew very well that the former kings and ancestors left this right to future generations, not to let them engage in feudal superstition and pursue immortality.
This is a powerful tool left by our ancestors to future generations to build their own era, inspire people, and unite everyone!
There are people in this world who don’t love money, some who don’t love fame and fortune, and some who don’t love beauty.
But is there anyone who doesn’t love being a god?
What's more, Liu Che not only made these heroes gods, but also made them princes, allowing their descendants to ascend the throne and enjoy wealth, let their families get the inheritance they fought hard, and let their descendants enjoy the wealth.
Fukuzawa.
This is basically the same as drugs, except that when people smell it, they may find it difficult to control themselves!
As expected, after listening to the emperor's words, the ministers and nobles kneeling on the ground, the surrounding people and even the solemn soldiers were all unable to restrain themselves!
For Chinese people, the most important things and the things they care about the most are always two.
First, one’s posthumous name and treatment after death.
Second, the development and future of the family.
These two things will still be deeply rooted in the Chinese people's hearts even after two thousand years.
But now, Liu Che helped them solve these two things at once.
Posthumous name and honor after death?
If I make you a god, are you still worried?
This is God!
A god who will not be eliminated for hundreds of years and thousands of years. He will always enjoy blood food and incense sacrifices, and will always be commemorated, worshiped and praised by future generations!
However, the emperor's canonization has always been the shortcut to becoming a god.
From ancient times to the present, the gods who enjoy eternal blood-feeding due to the emperor's decree can almost form a reinforced camp!
Just to become a god after death, there will be countless people in this world who would give up their lives!
Not to mention, future generations can enjoy their own blessings and become princes...
Moreover, today the emperor can make the spirit of this fallen soldier a god.
So, in the future, will the emperor make the deceased ministers a god because he misses his loyal ministers?
If you think about it carefully, with today's urine properties, it is very possible!
As a result, the thoughts of the nobles, ministers, scholar-bureaucrats, common people, and soldiers suddenly became surprisingly consistent: they must achieve meritorious service! And they must achieve military merit!
For this, they are willing to pay any price!
Because, now, facts have proved that not only the military has its own beauty, but also its own golden house.
The army is a treasure trove full of divinities and priesthoods.
As long as you make great achievements, why worry about not being able to use the name of a god?
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Liu Che, however, continued to move forward, and of course, successively sealed several Mountain God Lands and He Boyu Masters.
Although, the priesthood is smaller and smaller, and the title is also lower.
But it can't stop everyone's burning desire to make meritorious deeds!
In fact, even Zhi felt overwhelmed and couldn't control himself.
Nowadays, all the captains and captains who died in battle can be named the Lord of Chenghuang Mountain.
So, in the future, if he died in battle or died of illness, wouldn't the emperor want to reward and confer high-level priesthoods at the level of the Five Mountains or even the Eight Lords?
Even if the emperor didn't think of it, he could still remind him...
Anyway, as long as you lose your moral integrity, the emperor will always be embarrassed to refuse!
It's just an imperial seal, but in a sense, I can live as long as the heaven and the earth, and the sun and the moon shine together!
Even the Confucian ministers and doctors among the ministers could not restrain their inner excitement at this moment.
Although Confucianism says: The Master does not talk about strange powers and confuses the gods.
But Confucius himself also said: If the river does not flow out of the map, if the phoenix does not come, I will be dead!
For Chinese scholar-officials and nobles, being born as a great man and dying as a ghost or god is something they can never resist.
With the gazes of countless people, Liu Che walked to the urns that were carried by carriages and placed neatly in the carriages.
For Liu Che, in fact, what he respected and was more moved by were these famous and unsung heroes.
Because their names will not be recorded in history books, nor will they be solemnly commemorated by future generations. Thirty to fifty years later, even their families will forget them.
They will become dust buried under the loess and turn into spring mud.
However, they held up the backbone of this country and nation and built a new Great Wall with their flesh and blood.
As Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty said: Only the people, and only the people, can create history!
Emperors, generals, ministers, princes and officials are nothing but parasites that live on the people.
Liu Che silently took the Emperor's Sword, lightly tapped one of the carriages, and said: "You are all my loyal ministers, and I highly commend you. I order you to be my guard forever and stay in my mausoleum forever!"
Then, he withdrew the Emperor's Sword and ordered Ji An behind him: "Shang Shuling, I order you to select loyal and brave people from among the soldiers who died in Gaoque in Heyin, and appoint them as the Lord of Chenghuang Mountain, and the leader of Hebo Yushi.
Belongs to officials, officials, officials of the underworld!"
"Your Majesty, Zhi Jinwu, the Prime Minister and Qu Zhouhou will handle this matter together, select and screen together, and then report it to me. I will see it in person and be convinced!"
"No!" Ji An immediately kowtowed and said, "I respectfully obey the imperial edict!"
Zhidu also immediately bowed slightly and said eagerly: "I also obey the imperial edict!"
Among the ministers, Qu Zhou Hou Li Ji jumped for joy in his heart, and quickly kowtowed: "I sincerely obey the imperial edict!"
As for Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, he is still in Taiyuan, presiding over the aftermath.
However, Prime Minister Shi Fanxun immediately stepped forward to replace Zhou Yafu and said: "On behalf of the Prime Minister, I sincerely obey the imperial edict!"
This kind of thing is a great thing. It can not only increase your reputation, but also build your image. Just like the charity funds that will become popular in later generations, no one will refuse to participate.
That day, this incident immediately roared throughout Guanzhong like a storm.
After countless people heard about this incident, their hearts surged and they could not control themselves.
Even the families of those fallen soldiers were inspired and excited by this.
Being born as a great man and dying as a ghost or god will not only bless your descendants, but it will also be a good thing to protect your family!
Think about it, a ghost and god who has been canonized by the emperor protects the family, why should the family be unhappy? (To be continued.)
